Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry if I sound like a broken record but Deputy Jonathan O'Brien and I were in the Dáil last night and commented on the fact that it is unsatisfactory that we were coming in here, planning to deal with amendments to the Bail (Amendment) Bill having been given very short notice that we would have to deal with amendments to the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act and the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act. In effect, we are being asked to put together a Criminal Justice Bill as opposed to a Bail (Amendment) Bill and we could have done with more time in respect of that. We will deal with it today and we did not oppose the motion in the Dáil last night, although we could have done. That said, there are significant changes being proposed here and we could do with more time. We will proceed with the legislation in any event but I just wanted to record my slight dissatisfaction with the situation.